The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-21
THE TELRG1sApu DEAL,


BALTIMORE, Oct. ?0.-Robert Garrett 7,
NAMED at his country house yeaterda,
; and received Dr.. w. 7. Barnard and othe
officials Of the B. & o. out there. The lrl
Of Mr.. Garrett to Mexico is being ker
very quiet, and an official OF tho B. & {
said yesterday that Mr.. Garrett would nc
start until the week after next, but ono q
his close friends haid he would not bs sul
prised II he got away by the end OF th
present week. Although al increase Il
the telegraph rates is expected for mes
cages sent over B. & 0. wires, to at leas
the figures charged on tho old Wssterl
Union lines, no ordera to such effect hay,
be0n received hore. Dispatches receive,
from New York say: President Garrel
has sent out notices TO oil the manager
on Baltimore and Ohio lines to max,
their rates conform to tho Wester,
Bnion Company. Atsthe same time |
was said that the Chicago rate, which 70;
some time has been fifteen cents for te1
words, has bsen raiued to fifty cents, No
tices were sent to the employee OF the lat,
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Compan,
that after November their services woulI
no longer DO required. Some 1000 mer
are by this action thrown out Of employ
ment-a matter which cannot, Of course
concern the Western Union Telegraph
Company, which hGa all the assistance /,
needs. In ,its orders to tho Baltimore &
Ohio managers, the NYeatern U nion omit.
ted one thing, which some Of thoee who
heard Of 1t think somewhat signiilcant
This was in regard to the cable business,
which tho Baltimore 4 Ohio people turnod
over 10 the Commercial Cable Company,
This, 1t is said, was worth 5000 q day,
No orders were given to transfer this to
the Western Union connections, but II
was suffered to continue in the old chan.
nel." . a.. s fl.7 N q -
THE WESTERN UNIONS BARGAIN. n
In a talk with New York Tribune re.
porter, President D. q. Bates said that the
published statement about the mileage
earnings and traffic OF the company did
not tell the whole story. He said: @s h
"For instance, while the milesse owned
BY the Baltimore & Ohio Company was
81, 900 miles OF wire, the capacity OF that
mileage was larger than the actual figures
shown, because Of tho fact that the mile.
age consists oi a larger proportion of cop.
per wire and large gauge iron wire than
was the case with any competing com.
pany previously absorbed by the Western
Union, there being 5000 miles OF copper
wire and $4,000 miles of No. 6 gauge iron.
The copper and No. gauge iron wire were
mainly used for Quadruplsx circuits, the
quadruple1 having given tho Baltimore
& Ohio Company $1,000 additional miles
OF what iH known as phantom wire, The
mileage OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio Com
psny, being largely between the large
trade centers, 1t was feasible to qusdru.
plex much larger proportion OF the
wires than 10 the case even with the West.
ern Union. The Baltimore & Ohio owned
nearly seventy patents on the qusdruplex
and printing telegraphs, which were Of
great value to an Independent System, but
which will be Of even greater va!ue to the
Western Union Company, as filling in
important links In Western Union Pat
ents.nn i5,.. * Z N.
"Mr. Bates, is ittrue that your company
was operated at a large loss to the Balti
more u Ohio Railroad Company, as has
been previously stated by the Western
Union ofticials?" g,:lE jszi, y
THE LINE rAID THE i. 4 o.
mo, sir,n Mr.FDates emphaticslly re
piled. "On the contrary, the Baltimore &
Ohio Telegraph Company, for two year,
and a-half, until last April, not only paid
its e1penees out Of receipts, but had q
small balance remaining, after having
paid the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com.
pany at the rate Of nearly $lOO, 900 per an.
mum, Tor use Of wires and offices on the
Baltimore & Ohio roads, and for the dis.
trict call.box plants in the various cities
within the limits OF the Baltimore & Ohio
system, besides paying for all instru.
men!s, battery, and other telegraph sup.
plies for the entire railroad train ser.
vice." =. - ll '744T37ll s
Then it is not true that tho Baltimore
4 Ohio telegraph was drain upon the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad Company ?"
mo, not for operating e1penees, and
not at all except to the extent OF about
81 .OO0, 900, as stated in the railroad COM
pany's report, which amount was OF.
pended on capital account for the con,
struction Of Bsltimore& & Ohio telegraph
lines. This expenditure was originally
contemplated by Mr.. Garrett, and hau, Of
course, now been more than repaid In the
price obtained" &iS K s{3ll ss'tS}tt5 M
z"Do you think then, Mr.. Bates, that the
Western Union Campany has obtained q
bargain 7" ~ :sl y III h
S"Yes, indeed; they have secured the
largest and greatest competing telegraph
eystem ever formed, one capable of hand.
ling 1900, 600 OF kilograms pes annum,
and at prics less than one-qusrter the
cost to the Western Union Company o.
the American Union property in 1881, al.
lowing for the Inference in mileage and
capacity for traffic" 3's'5 &s55
The Episcopal Confcrsnc CO.